Terps Return To Top 25 At No. 23; Face NC State On Friday
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Oct. 1, 2002
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NC STATE (5-3-1, 0-0-1) at No. 23 MARYLAND (7-3, 1-1)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002 * 7:00 p.m.
LUDWIG FIELD (4,000/Grass), COLLEGE PARK, MD.
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Terps Return To Top 25 At No. 23; Face NC State On Friday
* The Maryland women's soccer is back in the NSCAA Coaches Poll for the second time this season, as the Terps (7-3-0 overall, 1-1 ACC) are ranked No. 23 in the Sept. 30 poll. The Terps are riding a three-game winning streak following a big weekend in which they knocked off No. 22 Duke, 3-2, on Friday and regional foe William & Mary, 1-0, on Sunday. Maryland will look to extend its winning streak to four games this Friday night when ACC rival NC State comes to College Park for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The Wolfpack enters the game with a 5-3-1 record after posting a 1-1 tie with previously unbeaten and untied Wake Forest last Sunday afternoon at Method Road.
* Should Maryland pick up the win on Sunday, the four-game winning streak would represent the team's longest since a five-game win streak in October of 1999, when Shannon Higgins-Cirovski led the Terps to wins over George Mason, Rutgers, Navy, Clemson and Wake Forest in her first season at Maryland.
* Maryland's offense has kicked it into high gear this season. With four goals over the weekend in the wins over Duke and William & Mary, the Terps now have 27 goals this season in 10 games, (2.70 per game). That total is three more than the entire season total for all of 2001, when the Terps tallied 24 goals in 19 goals (1.26 per game). Maryland surpassed that 24-goal mark in the ninth game of this season in the 3-2 win over Duke on Sept. 27.
* The offense has been paced by freshman forward Ali Andrzejewski (Lutherville, Md.) who scored twice vs. George Washington on Sept. 22 for her second two-goal performance of the season. The striker has six goals and one assist for 13 points. Her six goals in 10 games are more than Maryland's leading scorer for all of last season, as Jen Biscoe (Baltimore, Md.) and Kim King (Media, Pa.) each had five goals for the 19-game campaign. In fact Andrzejewski passed that five-goal mark in the win over GW in the eighth game of the season.
* Juniors Katie Ludwig (Mount Laurel, N.J.) and Audra Poulin (Silver Spring, Md.) have five and four goals, respectively, in 10 games -- which is more than each player scored all of last season. Ludwig had two goals in 2001, although she did play most of the year on defense and Poulin had three goals last season -- the first three of her career.
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No. 23 Maryland:
2002 Record: 7-3-0 (1-1-0 ACC) 2002 Rankings: NSCAA (23rd), Soccer Times (Votes) Head Coach: Shannon Higgins-Cirovski (UNC '90) Coach's Record: 105-90-14 (.536)/11th season Coach's Record at UM: 36-31-3 (.536)/4th season Ass't Coach: Kerry Dziczkaniec (George Washington '93) Ass't Coach: Steve Campbell (Maryland '96) Leading Scorer: Ali Andrzejewski (6 g,1 a, 13 pts.)
NC State:
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* The assists have also been coming at a fast rate with all of the goals. Junior Jenny Biscoe and freshman Kimmy Francis (Richboro, Pa.) lead the team with five assists in 10 games. For Biscoe, the five equals her total for all of last season. Earlier this season, she tied a school-record with a three-assist performance at Rutgers on Sept. 6. Francis has handed out five helpers , including the corner kick that led to the team's lone goal in the 1-0 win over William & Mary on Sept. 29. She also scored her first college goal vs. George Washington.
* Senior Kim King (Media, Pa.) has been an important cog off the bench as she has two goals and two assists for six points this season. She notched the game-winning goal on a penalty kick on the win over Duke, scoring in the 66th minute. Freshman Simone Dekker (Ringwood, N.J.) has been a great addition, as the speedy forward has played in all 10 games and posting three goals and seven points. Senior Dana Jarzyniecki (Rochester, N.Y.) continues to provide stability in the midfield in her fourth year. She has played in all 70 games since she came in College Park in 1999 and ranks tied for 11th in career assists with 11.
* The Terps' defense has been strong as well with freshman goalkeeper Mariel Wilner (Owings Mills, Md.) in the net. Wilner has a 1.75 goals against average and a .615 save percentage in her first collegiate season. Wilner picked up her first collegiate solo shutout with five saves against William & Mary. Junior goalkeeper Kristen Barnhill (Charlottesville, Va.) has been a capable backup. She showed her worth when she came on in the 33rd minute against Duke, when Wilner was injured, and made five saves in preserving the Terps' critical ACC win for her first collegiate victory.
* Aiding the keepers on the backline is junior All-ACC selection Lindsay Givens (Downingtown, Pa.) along with sophomores Jennifer Lovecchio (Vineland, N.J.), Lindsay Niehaus (Cincinnati, Ohio) and freshmen Mallory Mahar (Medina, Ohio) and Kristin McHugh (Gaithersburg, Md.). Mahar has been a force on set pieces recording three goals all on headers off corner kicks this season including the game-winner vs. William & Mary.
About The Wolfpack
* NC State comes to Ludwig Field with a 5-3-1 overall record. The Wolfpack picked up a great result last Sunday as they tied previously unbeaten and untied Wake Forest, 1-1. Adrienne Barnes scored in the fourth minute for the Pack's lone goal. She also added a goal and an assist in the 5-0 win over High Point in Sept. 24 and was named Co-ACC Player of the Week along with Clemson's Paige Ledford. Barnes has four goals and three assists for 11 points. NC State's scoring attack is led by sophomore Annika Schmidt, who has five goals and five assists for 15 points. Senior goalkeeper Gretchen Lear has started all nine games and has a 1.11 goals against average. The Wolfpack has allowed just nine goals all season for a 0.98 goals against average, ranking third in the ACC.
The Maryland-NC State Series
* The Maryland-NC State series dates back to the start of the Terps' varsity program in 1987. In fact, NC State, along with Virginia, North Carolina and George Washington are the only teams to have played Maryland at least once in each varsity season for the past 15 years.
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UM-NCSU SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Series: NC State leads 9-4-4
The Last 10 Meetings
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* All-time the Wolfpack holds a 9-4-4 lead in the series, but many of those wins came prior to 1995 when Maryland had a fledgling program.
* Over the last six meetings, the Terps hold a 3-1-2 lead.
* Last season, the Terps posted a 2-0 victory at Method Road on Oct. 28, 2001. Jenny Boyd headed home Lindsay Givens' (Downingtown, Pa.) throw-in in the 20th minute to put the Terps on top 1-0. Boyd then started the Terps' second goal as her corner kick lead to the next goal. Kim King collected a rebound of a Valerie Lawrence (Silver Spring, Md.) shot off the corner kick and scored into the lower left corner with 50 seconds left in regulation.
* NC State won the last match at Ludwig Field, 1-0 on Oct. 1, 2000.
Terps Moving Up Assist Chart
* Three Terps are moving up the Maryland career assist chart. Lindsay Givens is tied for eighth all-time with 12 assists after picking up her first of the 2002 season on a throw-in to a Mallory Mahar goal against Notre Dame on Sept. 15.
* Dana Jarzyniecki (Rochester, N.Y.) has 11 in her career to stand tied for 11th all-time at Maryland. She added her 11th assist against George Washington.
* With her fast start this season Jenny Biscoe now has 10 career assists and is closing in on the top 12. Biscoe tied the school record for assists in a game with three at Rutgers. Jarzyniecki set the record originally vs. Howard on Oct. 11, 2000.
UM Career Assist Leaders
1. Keri Sarver (95-98) 33
2. Emmy Harbo (95-98) 28
5. Leslie Kerhin (92-94) 15
6. Kelly Amonte (92-95) 14
7. M. Deville (94-97) 13
8. T. Sheremeta (90-93) 12
Terri Rich (92-95) 12
Lindsay Givens (99-) 12
11. L. Basalyga (96-99) 11
D. Jarzyniecki (99-) 11
Viher, Harrison, Lawrence On The Injury Report
* Three Terp defenders are still out with major injuries. Senior Valerie Lawrence is redshirting the 2002 season as she continues to recover from a torn ACL in her left knee. Junior captain Carly Viher is also out for the season after tearing the ACL in her left knee for the second time in just over a year on Sept. 17 in practice. She underwent surgery on Friday, Sept. 27. Junior Sally Harrison, who was granted a redshirt year in 2001 after playing just four games, is still working her way back from a dislocated knee cap suffered in an intrasquad scrimmage on Sept. 16, 2001.
Taking On The Tough Teams
* The Terps have of the toughest schedules in the nation, having faced three teams ranked in the top 11 already this season. Against Duke, Maryland picked up its 32nd all-time win against a team ranked in the NSCAA Top 25, beating the No. 22 Blue Devils, 3-2 on Sept. 27. Last season, Maryland defeated No. 17 Duke, 2-0 on Sept. 2 and No. 8 Clemson, 1-0 in overtime on Oct. 13.
* During each of Shannon Higgins-Cirovski's seasons at Maryland, she has led the Terps to at least one upset of a top-10 ranked team, leading Maryland to a 4-3 win at No. 9 Duke on Sept. 19, 1999 and a 2-1 victory over Clemson on Oct. 17, 1999; a 3-1 win over No. 4 Penn State on Aug. 29, 2000 and a 1-0 overtime over No. 8 Clemson, last season on Oct. 13.
* In the current NSCAA poll of Sept. 30, Maryland will play or has faced six teams in the top 25: No. 2 North Carolina, No. 7 Wake Forest, No. 10 Connecticut, No. 12 Penn State, No. 21 Florida State and No. 25 Clemson. Notre Dame is also listed in others receiving votes.
* Maryland takes on 12 teams that played in last season's Women's College Cup including three teams that advanced to the NCAA national quarterfinals including runner-up North Carolina. In addition to the Tar Heels, Maryland will also take on 2001 NCAA qualifiers (Clemson, Connecticut, Duke, Florida State, Loyola, Notre Dame, Penn State, Rutgers, Virginia, Wake Forest and William & Mary). Of those 12 teams, eight were ranked in the top 20 of the final NSCAA poll.
* "The only way to be the best is to play the best," said head coach Higgins-Cirovski. "We have added high caliber teams such as Connecticut, Notre Dame and Penn State to go along with the challenging ACC schedule. I think we have one of the best schedules in the country.
* In taking on preseason No. 9 UConn in the second game of the season, Maryland got a quick taste of what much of its season will be like -- games against top ranked teams. Once again, Higgins-Cirovski has scheduled one of the nation's competitive schedules. The Terps take on eight teams in the preseason NSCAA poll including five in the top nine. The Terps face No. 2 North Carolina (Nov. 1), No. 6 Virginia (Oct. 11), No. 7 Notre Dame (L, 5-2 on Sept. 15), No. 8 Penn State (Oct. 8), No. 9 Connecticut (L, 3-1 on Sept. 1), No. 14 Clemson (Oct. 20), No. 17 Florida State (Oct. 25) and No. 19 Rutgers (W, 5-2 on Sept. 6).
Media Information
* WMUC Radio: Maryland's student radio station WMUC (88.1 FM) will broadcast up to 11 Maryland women's soccer games in 2002. A pregame show will air approximately 30 minutes prior to kickoff. WMUC's broadcasts can be heard live on the Internet at wmucsports.com and will be linked to umterps.com. Josh Madden will handle play-by-play. He will be assisted by Mark Zaner and Ariel Agami.
* Email Straight To You: If you would like the latest Maryland women's soccer news emailed directly to you as soon as it breaks, email women's soccer contact Jason Yellin at jyellin@wam.umd.edu with the message "Women's Soccer Email" as the subject and you will receive every update distributed about the team.
* Terrapin Fan Phone: For up-to-date reports, comments from coaches, and other Maryland athletic department information, phone the Terrapin Fan Phone at (301) 314-TERP.
The Shannon Higgins-Cirovski Show
* WMUCSports.com will air the Shannon Higgins-Cirovski show every other Thursday at 7 p.m. and continues on Thursday, Oct. 9. The first show ran on Sept. 12 with Higgins-Cirovski joined by junior Katie Ludwig. Senior Sarah McClellan was the guest on the second show which ran on Sept. 26 The shows are available on umterps.com and WMUCSports.com with hosts Josh Maurer , Josh Madden and Ariel Agami.
